Leonard sat, cross legged on the sofa, with his laptop sitting on top of him. He stared at the screen intently, taking in all the information that Wikipedia had to give about baseball. He didn't want to seem completely out of place at the game, so he thought it was probably best to get an idea of how it was played. It didn't really help much though; he spent most of the time reading up about the history and statistics of the game, because that was more interesting to him than the actual game.

Eventually he took his glasses off, put his head in his hands and sighed. He had been reading for about an hour now and was still nowhere near understanding what went on in this game other than; one person from one team throws the ball, a person from the other team hits it with a bat, then runs around in a circle. He knew there was more to it than that, but that was as far as he could understand. The fact that today was the day he was going to tell Wyatt he was going to propose to Penny, didn't help much with concentrating on the rules of the game either. His mind was racing with all the different things he had to remember and all the things he had to say but had no idea how.

Leonard jumped in his skin as the door swung open, and Penny bounced in. "Hey sweetie!" She joyfully exclaimed.

"Hey." He said as he put his glasses back on and focused his mind back on the screen.

Penny furrowed her brow, a little confused that he wasn't as enthusiastic about seeing her as he usually was. "What's up with you?" She asked as she headed over to the fridge to get a bottle of water then sat down beside him on the sofa. Leonard hadn't turned away from the laptop screen. "Aww, honey." She cooed when she noticed what he was looking at. "Are you a little nervous for your date with my dad?" She giggled.

Leonard couldn't help but smile; she didn't even know the half of it. "I'm not nervous. I'm just trying to figure out Baseball so I don't look like a complete idiot at this game."

Penny turned his head to face hers and gave him a sympathetic look. Leonard held his breath as she looked deeply into his eyes. "Relax honey. My dad knows you aren't good with all this stuff, that's why he wants to take you to the game; to teach you about it."

"Really?" He asked in disbelief. "Did he tell you that?"

Penny smiled and shook her head. "He didn't have to." She said with a shrug, "I know what he's like. He pretty much already treats you like the son he never had, even though he already has a son! So he's going to take you to ball games and teach you all about sports." Penny grinned at his still obviously confused expression, and took a hold of his hand. "You should expect to be taken to other sports games too. As well as fishing and shooting, and I'm pretty sure he will get you out on the farm next time we visit them at home too." She giggled then kissed him gently on the lips. "So stop worrying so much." She said quietly when they broke apart.

They held one another's gaze for what felt like hours. Leonard constantly surprised himself at how easily he could become lost in her eyes. She mesmerized him to the point where he couldn't find a way out, no words would come to his mouth and he would just pass the minutes, staring into her sparkling green eyes. It was pathetic really, he had known her for over seven years and had looked into those eyes more times than he could count, so he knew he should be able to handle himself better around her by now. But he couldn't, if anything, he got worse at it. The deeper he fell for her, the more mesmerizing she became. Leonard inhaled sharply when he felt her brush her hand against the back of his neck and gently run her fingers through his hair. He hadn't even noticed her move, so the touch surprised him, but he still didn't take his eyes off of her.

Leonard was just about to close the small gap between them and kiss her, when their door rattled. "Talk about bad timing." Penny growled, which made Leonard chuckle softly. She kissed him quickly and sat back in the sofa, before shouting, "Come in!" to her parents outside the door.

Leonard closed his laptop down and put it to the side when Wyatt and Hilary walked into the apartment. Hilary had her long blonde hair tied up in a loose bun, a loose flowery dress on and a pair of oversized sunglasses. She was obviously making the most of the warm Californian weather that she wasn't quite used to. Wyatt was looking every inch the Baseball fan, with an LA Dodgers team jersey and cap on.

"Oh my God, look at you two!" Penny giggled.

"Do you like my glasses?" Hilary asked as she slid them down her face and posed. "I got them earlier today. I was told they are what all the big movie stars around here wear!"

"They're a bit big Mom." Penny replied sceptically.

Hilary shrugged and waved off Penny's doubts. "There's no such thing as too big!" She said with a hint of a smirk that suggested she was no longer talking about the sunglasses.

"Mom, ew!" Penny said as she giggled and grimaced at the same time.

"Oh come on! We are all adults here!" Hilary laughed.

Penny just looked at her mother, a little disgusted before changing the subject. "I can't believe you already went shopping without me!"

"Well, you were rehearsing and I needed sunglasses." She shrugged, "And your Dad insisted on getting the baseball shirt and cap for the game."

Wyatt then stepped forward, showing off his new stuff. "We got one for you too, Leonard."

Leonard looked on in confusion. "You got one of what for me?"

Wyatt grinned and pulled out an LA Dodgers team jersey and held it up. He then turned it around to show off the back that had 'HOFTSTADER' written on the back with the number 17 under it. "We didn't know what number to put so we just picked 17 randomly and we weren't quite sure how to spell your surname, did we get it right?"

Leonard laughed, stood up and walked over to Wyatt, taking the shirt from him. "Yeah you got it right!" He was more excited about it than he thought he would be, glad that even if he didn't know what was going on in the game, he at least looked the part. "This is so cool, thank you!"

"You're welcome son. I thought you might fit in a bit better at the game wearing a team shirt than a hoodie and a t-shirt with some superhero logo on it!" He laughed as Leonard blushed, feeling a little embarrassed. "Got you a hat too!" He added, pulling a hat out the bag and putting it on Leonards head.

Leonard chuckled and immediately took his hoodie off and put on his new jersey. "Oh, it's a little big." Wyatt said when he noticed the bottom of the shirt hang down and the sleeves go further down his arm than they were supposed to.

"Yeah…" Leonard said looking down at his shirt. "It doesn't matter! I love it!" He added with a grin.

"Aww you look so cute!" Penny giggled. "Like a little jock with glasses!" She said tilting her head and scrunching up her nose.

"Right come on you!" Hilary said patting Penny on the arm. "It's time for us to go make a dent in your Dads credit card!"

Pennys face lit up and she jumped off the couch. "Coming!" She grabbed her purse and hugged Wyatt. "Bye dad, thanks for all the stuff you are about to buy me!"

Wyatt smiled, "Bye sweetie. Now don't you two go too crazy, I still got bills to pay when we get home!"

Penny smiled sweetly at her father, "Ok Daddy, promise we won't!" She giggled then walked over to Leonard, put a hand to his cheek and kissed him, "Bye baby, have fun at the game!"

"Bye." He said with a grin as he watched her bounce back out of the apartment, much in the same way she had bounced into it. Leonard then looked around and it hit him that he was now alone with Wyatt. Nerves suddenly hit him as he realized he probably won't get a chance like this again, and he should use this moment to talk to him about Penny. It was the perfect time; Penny and her mother were gone and wouldn't be coming back for a long time, so there was no chance of them walking in on the conversation. And it was just the two of them, if he waited until later, he would be surrounded by people at a baseball game, and he knew that was probably not the most appropriate moment to ask permission to marry his daughter.

"Alright then, should we get going?" Wyatt said, interrupting the silence.

"Um…" Leonard hesitated. "Actually Wyatt, there's um…" He stuttered as he took his hat off and began to fidget with it. "There's uh… Something I need to talk to you about."

Wyatt frowned, "Is everything alright?"

"Yeah! No, everything's fine," He took a deep breath as his mind raced through everything he should and shouldn't say. "Maybe you should sit down for this." He said to Wyatt who was standing a few feet from him, behind the couch.

"This doesn't sound good." He said with a sigh as he sat on the sofa. "Come on now, make this quick, the game starts at 2 and it's already half 12. I don't wanna miss it."

Leonard looked at him and nodded as he continued to play with the cap in his hand and pace the ground in front of him. "Okay. Um… I don't really know how to say this… I've never done this before."

"Leonard would you stop pacing up and down, you're making me nervous… And a little dizzy."

"Right… Yeah… Okay… Sorry." He mumbled as he sat down on the coffee table. He then took a few more seconds to organise his thoughts and calm his thumping heart. Eventually he looked up at Wyatt, who was looking at him with a look of utter confusion and worry. "Wyatt… I, uh… You probably already know this… But your daughter is an amazing woman. I'm kind of crazy about her." Leonard said softly, smiling as he said the last few words.

"Yeah, I know, I can tell." Wyatt said with a hint of a grin but with bemusement still dripping from his features.

Leonard looked back down to the floor. "I love her, and the crazy thing is she loves me too." He closed his eyes and sighed, "I want to spend the rest of my life with her… Wyatt…" He looked back up from the floor to the man sitting across from him. "I want, with your blessing of course, to ask Penny to marry me."

Wyatt sat back in the sofa, stunned by what Leonard had just told him. Leonard immediately began to panic at the silence. He had expected him to either be extremely happy, or extremely angry. He hadn't expected this, silence. It was unnerving, he had no idea what he was thinking or what the next words out of his mouth would be. "You're sure?"

Leonard frowned, a little insulted that every time he had told someone he was going to propose, they replied with 'Are you sure?' He shrugged it off and nodded. "I'm sure."

Wyatt crossed his arms and stared at Leonard. Leonard didn't know what else to do but stare back. "Let me tell you something Leonard." Wyatt said sitting forward, resting his elbows on his knees. "Marriage isn't something you just decide to do all of a sudden. I know a lot of you young ones these days think getting married is the best and easiest thing in the world, and that if it goes wrong you can just get a divorce and everything will be back to normal." Wyatt didn't break eye contact with Leonard as he spoke, and it was quite terrifying. "But let me tell you, it's hard. Trust me, you get a few months of happiness after the wedding, but after that, it gets hard. Very hard, and I need to know that you are in it for the long haul, because I only intend on giving my girl away once. So I'll ask you again… Are you sure?"

"Yes." Leonard smiled. There was no hesitation at all. He knew Wyatt was trying to get through to him the importance of marriage, but he really didn't have to. Leonard knew he wanted to marry Penny and be with her forever, and he knew that if she did agree to marry him, there was no way he was ever going to divorce her. "Wyatt, I've never been surer of anything in my life. Penny is the best thing to ever happen to me. Trust me, it has taken so much of my energy to wait this long to propose to her properly. If I'm honest I probably would have done it the second I met her if I knew there was even a slight chance she might say have said yes. I know it's going to be hard sometimes, but I think we are good together. I think we can do this."

"Okay then." Wyatt said a few seconds later, and stood up. He put a hand on Leonards shoulder and smiled. "You have my blessing."

Leonard immediately jumped up from the coffee table, "What?! Really?"

Wyatt giggled, "Yes. Leonard you are a great guy and I can see how happy you make my little girl. I would be happy to have you as a son-in-law. BUT," Wyatt suddenly became very serious again. "If you do anything, and I mean anything at all, that will hurt her, you will regret it."

Leonard gulped. "I won't hurt her." He said quietly.

"Good!" Wyatt grinned and pulled him in for a quick hug. "Now, put your hat back on and let's go, I don't want to miss this game!"